Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
Work wilily
Wine bottles
Bible References
Work wilily
Matthew 10:16
Lo! I send you forth as sheep into the midst of wolves. Be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward for having done wisely; for the sons of this world are wiser toward their generation than the sons of light.
Wine bottles
Matthew 9:17
Nor do men put new wine into old skins; else the skins burst, and the wine runneth out, and the skins are spoilt. But they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.
Mark 2:22
And no one putteth new wine into old skins; for the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins.
Luke 5:37
And no one putteth new wine into old skins; for the new wine would burst the skins, and would itself run out, and the skins would be spoilt.